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"New Writing from the Balkans"

Published: Jan. 10, 2007, 10:04 p.m.

b'ceeres logoReadings of original poetry and fiction by two leading South Slavic authors, Igor \\u0160tiks from Croatia and Ale\\u0161 Debeljak from Slovenia, both of whom currently reside in Chicago. The readings are followed by a discussion of the creative atmosphere and trends in contemporary literature in Southeast Europe, with time devoted to the experience of writing away from one\\u2019s home country. Sponsored by the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, International House, and the Arts Planning Council.'